Press Release
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Today January 13, 2021 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of twelve new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 502. Eleven of the cases are Saint Lucian nationals ranging in age from 1 year to 73 years. They are from the Castries, Babonneau and Gros-Islet […]
Since the declaration of the outbreak of COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General in January 30, 2020, over 200 countries have been affected by the disease. To date, there have been over 86 million confirmed cases reported globally with over 1.8 million recorded deaths. In the Caribbean region, 379,4611 confirmed cases in 35 […]
Today Tuesday January 5, 2021 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of twenty new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 219 COVID-19 tests conducted by the Ezra Long Laboratory. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to 380. Four of the cases are non-nationals ranging in age from 38 […]
Over the course of the Christmas weekend between December 24 and December 27, 2020, a total of 314 COVID-19 tests were conducted by the Ezra Long Laboratory. From these the Ministry of Health received confirmation of twenty-six new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases diagnosed in country to 331. On Friday December […]
Today Thursday December 17, 2020 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of one new case of COVID-19. This is from a total of 145 samples tested with 1 positive and 144 negatives. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 279.
The COVID-19 Home Quarantine Monitoring team of the Department of Health and Wellness has not been able to contact a number of individuals who arrived into Saint Lucia during the period Saturday, December 5 to Tuesday December 15, 2020 and are on home quarantine. Every individual on home quarantine is monitored by a health officer […]
Wednesday December 16, 2020 the Ministry of Health recorded a batch of 175 negative COVID tests. No positive cases of COVID-19 were received today. This brings the total number of tests conducted in country to date to 17, 986. A total of three recoveries were also recorded today, reducing the number of active cases to […]
Today the Ministry of Health also received confirmation of its third COVID-19 related death. The individual is an 83 year old male from the Soufriere district. He was diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus on November 22, 2020. He was being treated for other health-related conditions.
Today Wednesday December 2, 2020 the Ministry of Health received confirmation of three new cases of COVID-19. This is from a total of 95 samples with 3 positives and 92 negatives. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 262.
Bank of Saint Lucia announces the appointment of Mr. Rolf K. Phillips as Managing Director (MD) effective November 1st 2020. Mr. Phillips, an OECS national, brings over four decades of sound experience in banking, finance and management. He has a commendable history of leadership and has served in many positions across the Eastern Caribbean.
